Date: August 9, 2025
Location: Spiritridge Park, 16100 SE 33rd Place WA 98008
Time: Set up at 11 a.m., activities begin around noon
Cost: Event gate is no cost. Snacks, water, and a peasant supper of soup, bread, cheese, and fruit will be available to all attendees. Donations are welcome to cover food expenses.
The Peasant’s Revel is one of the Barony of Madrone’s most beloved events. The Peasant’s Revel has been held every year since 1979, although the event was on hiatus from 2020 to 2022 and returned in 2023. The event is hosted by the Canton of Porte de l’Eau and the Madrone Culinary Guild.
Dress like a peasant. (Nobles, you may want to send your illegitimate second cousin twice removed who looks remarkably like you.)
Remember to bring a bowl, a spoon, a plate, and your cup and napkin. The Madrone Culinary Guild makes a meal of soup, bread, cheese, pickles, fruit. The Guild has loaner bowls and spoons if needed. The Guild will have available water and lemonade to drink.
Bring chairs or a picnic blanket, your lunch and other hydrating beverages you prefer. This is a Bellevue city park. Wear comfortable peasant garb or OK-to-get-grass-stains garb. There is shade available under the trees, or you can bring a pop-up sunshade. Bring weights, you cannot drive stakes in the lawn. Also bring hand sanitizer or hand wipes for your comfort.
The two villages of Borton-on-the-Water and Sodbury compete in friendly rivalry to set the bounds for that productive length of field no one can agree belongs to which village. Play silly peasant games to win for your village side. Other activities include flag painting, herding sheep, carving turnips, printing with carved turnips, hunkerhausen, and socializing. Musicians are welcome.
Event activities are primarily on grass in a mostly flat space.
Garb to borrow will be available. Parking is available in a parking lot within a block of the park and on-street within two blocks north of the park. Parking spaces immediately adjacent to the park should be for people who need close parking for access. If you need close parking, please contact the event steward in advance.
Event steward: Mistress Eden of Lionsguard
